Last name: Toma. Recorded in over two hundred spelling forms ranging from the British Tomas and Thomas, the Italian Tommasi and Toma, the German Thom, Thomas, Thoma, Thumm, and Thome, the Slavonic Tomaschek, the Russian Fominov, the Belorussian Tomich and Khomich. the Swedish Thomasson, and many, many, others, the origin is Aramaic.
FACS is an abbreviation for a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. This is a very prestigious honor only bestowed upon surgeons after completing stringent residency requirements.
Also called facsimile. a. a method or device (faxâ² machine`) for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like by telephone or radio for exact reproduction elsewhere. b. an exact copy or reproduction so transmitted. v.t. 2. to transmit (documents, drawings, photographs, or the like) by fax.